PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530
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Manuscript
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choirbook
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
1
very high
1
very poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
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pointers
2
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
5
space-filler
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Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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cursive (humanistic)
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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calligraphic
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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end-symbol
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Pricking frequency: never
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Physical format: upright
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3155 (= MaiM 209), c. 1515-35, All folios
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